SATURDAY'S CABLES. British and Foreign

Southland Times, Issue 11900, 23 November 1891, Page 2

SATURDAY'S CABLES. British and Foreign

LONDON, Nov. 20. Theßank of England reserve i8L14,374,000 and the percentage of reserve to liabilities 43 82. Consols, 95. Discount on three months bills, 2} percent. New Zealand 4 percent., 101 i ; do, 3£ per cent., 93, Auckland Harbour bonds have fallen 1£ per cent. ; Otago Harbour bonds, 1 per cent. Shares — Dalgety and Co., Ltd., L 6 15a; New Zea'and and River Plate Mortgage Co., ss; Otago and Southland Investment Co., ss, ex div. ; Robert Campbell and Co., Ltd., L 4 15s. Wheat — New Zealand long-berried, 46s 9d per quarter of 4961b— market weaker ; Adelaide, 46s 9d, weaker ; Victorian, 46s 3d, quiet. Canterbury mutton,4£d ; Wellington,7fd. Sugar— German beet, 14s IJd ; Java cane, 16a. Pig iron, 47s 6d, active. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy is willing to stand for Monaghan at the general election in the McCarthy interest. Bloom and Douglas, owners of the yacht Beagle, were arrested at Honolulu. They had in their possession fifty thousand sovereigns, which were allegod to be the proceeds of the robbery of a Sydney bank. The charge failed and the prisoners were released. It is believed they proceeded in the yacht to Japan. It i 3 proposed to form a shipping exchange in London. Wheat is easier owing to the non-appear-ance of the Russian inhibition of exports, which has been fully discounted. The Hoard of Arbitration agreed to by the London carpenters refused to allow any increases of pay. It, however, advises liberal treatment in the matter of overtime and refuses to abolish subletting and piecework. It authorises an average of fifty hours a week and a standard of ninepence an hour. The men regard the award as unsatisfactory. The population of New Santa Noel and Parana Cruzatta, in Brazil, have sided with the rebels. Mr David Powell, Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, succeeds Mr Lidderdale in April as Governor. The Irish Catholic newspapers declare that a widespread scheme exists for inducing young men to join secret societies banned by the church. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20. Influenza is raging in St. Petersburg and filling the hospitals. CAIRO, Nov. 20. Emm Bey is at Usongoro in the British sphere, repeatedly fighting the natives.